Overview
DBA - SaaS Platform Supporting
Location: Wokingham - Hybrid (2 days a week onsite, 3 days from home). Parking onsite.
Benefits - £50,000 to £75,000 + Bonus, Life insurance, Health Insurance, Pension.
Responsibilities
* Take ownership of performance, reliability, and security across large-scale, sharded databases.
* Hands-on DBA role where uptime, optimisation, and smart architecture directly impact NHS services.
* Work with MySQL, Vitess, and Linux in production (Don't worry if you haven't worked with Vitess).
* Monitor with Prometheus and Grafana.
* Shard allocation, replication tuning, disk performance.
* Backup, restore, and DR testing.
* Data migrations and custom table loads for NHS tenants.
* Zero-downtime patching and performance baselining.
What You'll Be Working With
* MySQL, Vitess, and Linux in production (Don't worry if you haven't worked with Vitess).
* Monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
* Shard allocation, replication tuning, disk performance.
* Backup, restore, and DR testing.
* Data migrations and custom table loads for NHS tenants.
* Zero-downtime patching and performance baselining.
Qualifications
* Proven experience as a DBA managing large, sharded databases.
* Strong MySQL tuning and Linux environment skills.
* Familiarity with monitoring and alerting setups.
* Bonus if you've worked with Vitess, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or ArgoCD.
Benefits
* Bonus
* 25 days of annual holiday
* Vitality Healthcare - private health insurance
* Aviva Life Insurance - 3x your annual salary
* Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
* Town-centre offices in Wokingham
* Regular social events to connect and unwind
* Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle
If you're a DBA who loves solving real-world problems, building resilient systems, and making a meaningful impact, this is your kind of role.
Apply now or reach out for a chat. Let's talk
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